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Preview: Palestine vs. Golan Heights

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What: Unofficial Friendly

Where: Hebron (Al-Khaleel), Palestine

When: 17/11/2010 1500 GMT

TV: Palestine TV (?)

So after the cancellations of Central African Republic and Gambia the FA was left scrambling to find a team to play on November 17. The FA believes that Israel played a role in CAR canceling the friendly, while Gambia was forced to cancel after half the players it called up were "unavilable". So to replace our not-so-illustrious African opponents the FA has set up a friendly with a team from the occupied Golan Heights. Very little is known about this team other than the fact that they aren't FIFA affiliated.

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